As the Baby Boomers start to retire in mass numbers many are selling the family home and moving to smaller quarters. When the retiree is a ham radio operator this can mean curtailing some of the best aspects of the hobby like setting up antennas.

But thanks to technology, you can have your antenna-restricted condo and still operate a contest-quality ham radio station.

Mike Walker, VA3MW, a ham since he was 15, has been experimenting with remotely controlling his amateur radio station over the Internet.